Canada

Psychologist to continue testimony at Toronto's van attack trial

TORONTO - A psychologist retained by the prosecution is set to continue testifying in Toronto's van attack trial. Dr. Percy Wright has said Alek Minassian had anger issues and knew right from wrong. M...

Dec 10, 2020

Premiers' demands for long-term health funding increase takes back seat to pandemic

OTTAWA - A first ministers meeting today that was supposed to be devoted to long-term, federal health care funding seems destined to be hijacked by a more urgent priority: surviving the COVID-19 pande...

Dec 10, 2020

New effort aims to zero in on illicit dealings tied to online child exploitation

OTTAWA - Canada's anti-money laundering agency is flagging some telltale signs that a financial transaction could be linked to online child sexual exploitation. The federal Financial Transactions and ...

Dec 10, 2020

Woman says she'd clean toilets to work at B.C. care home and see husband

VANCOUVER - Lynne Smith's daily visits to a long-term care home ended abruptly after a COVID-19 outbreak three weeks ago but she jumped at the chance to work at the facility that is hiring family memb...

Dec 10, 2020

Books, physical rigour stoke hope for Kovrig as 'two Michaels' mark two jailed years

OTTAWA - In his darkest moments, Michael Kovrig draws strength from knowing that his fellow Canadians and people around the world are working to free him and Michael Spavor from their respective Chine...

Dec 10, 2020

Syrian refugees overcoming war memories brought back by COVID-19

OTTAWA - Five years after the first of them arrived in Canada, tens of thousands of Syrian refugees have had to adapt to COVID-19 lockdowns that brought back the memories of war horrors and upset the ...

Dec 10, 2020

Man charged after targeting Somali women in parking lot of Edmonton mall

EDMONTON - A 41-year-old man has been charged after he allegedly yelled racial slurs at two Somali woman wearing hijabs in an Edmonton mall parking lot.Police say in a news release that they responded...

Dec 09, 2020

Lametti questions Conservatives' sincerity in wanting to protect vulnerable

OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti says Conservatives have no interest in improving a bill on assisted dying, they just want to stop it. The Conservatives have been talking out the clock on Bill ...

Dec 09, 2020

CBSA manager told not to take notes after Meng arrest in case of access request

VANCOUVER - A senior manager with the Canada Border Services Agency says she was instructed not to take notes after the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou - an arrest that will be under court scr...

Dec 09, 2020

Battle lines drawn for first ministers' meeting on health care

OTTAWA - Premiers aren't expecting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to agree immediately to their demand for at least $28 billion more each year for health care. First ministers are scheduled to meet via...

Dec 09, 2020